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With 5 scholarships to fill, I hope we fill some of those spots! Guess I am a little bit on edge and nervous.
 
I can't keep up with all the transfer stuff.

Is basketball same as football that you have to have your name in portal by May 1st or else you need a waiver?
 
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Phoenixhusky said:
I said in other threads, but I think Hurley keeps at least one open for a Karaban like mid season addition.
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ideally. no pressure to fill all 4 this summer.

i'd like to sign 1 more impact transfer this month in order to fill out the rotation and then 2 bench pieces by august after all the dust settles. save the last 1 for a mid year reclass like karaban (maybe castle?)
 
JMick said:
It feels like the days of 13 scholarship players is over. Rolling into the season with 10 or 11 players wouldn't be surprising.
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13 may seem like a big number, but not using all 13 would be a major mistake. Injuries happen. I would be shocked if we don't start the season with at least 12 players on scholarship and likely 13.
 
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JMick said:
It feels like the days of 13 scholarship players is over. Rolling into the season with 10 or 11 players wouldn't be surprising.
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The days of 13 scholarships being filled for the sake of filling them is over. Days of 13 scholarships with 4-5 players knowing they will sit for a year or two while they develop is mostly over too.

You still need bodies so you can practice and have players looking over their shoulders for PT. The ole next man up strategy.
All that being said, having 11 or 12 scholarship players with some walk-ons to make practices functional won't be unheard of going forward.
 
Kids are still entering the transfer portal. And I'm thinking that most of the 1,400 kids are still out there

They're smarter with experience. They know what they want now, they're looking for that perfect situation. I don't blame them
 
Players go in looking for their perfect situation — the best team possible at which they know they will play. As summer wears on, fear will start to set in and many will realize they are not getting that perfect opportunity and have to place themselves somewhere so they can continue having a scholarship and being on a team. And at that point, teams like us will fill the back of their roster, even if it’s with lower D-1 level players who you don’t anticipate having a real impact. (Not that will stop many from blaming Hurley for bringing in players who can’t help us.)
 
Huskybass said:
13 may seem like a big number, but not using all 13 would be a major mistake. Injuries happen. I would be shocked if we don't start the season with at least 12 players on scholarship and likely 13.
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If injuries are causing us to play our 12th and 13th guy on the bench, then the season is dead no matter what. We'll likely fill out those spots with whoever has a pulse and doesn't mind playing walk-on minutes. They won't be guys who can expect to contribute any meaningful minutes on a Big East caliber level.
 
willie99 said:
Kids are still entering the transfer portal. And I'm thinking that most of the 1,400 kids are still out there

They're smarter with experience. They know what they want now, they're looking for that perfect situation. I don't blame them
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By tomorrow night we should see the end of new names popping up in the transfer portal. So should be able to get a good idea of who we're targeting for the last few spots
 
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Rico444 said:
I have zero inside information, but the staff just had a 2023 PG on an unofficial visit yesterday. The fact that they're recruiting a point guard for that class tells me their level of confidence that Castle will be here in November.
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Or, they view Ball as a depth piece, or they know they're going to remain committed to the 4-out style of play and need tons of guards, or they view Castle as more of a combo guard, or or or....
 
Chin Diesel said:
The days of 13 scholarships being filled for the sake of filling them is over. Days of 13 scholarships with 4-5 players knowing they will sit for a year or two while they develop is mostly over too.

You still need bodies so you can practice and have players looking over their shoulders for PT. The ole next man up strategy.
All that being said, having 11 or 12 scholarship players with some walk-ons to make practices functional won't be unheard of going forward.
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I'm just not sure who you get to fill those spots nowadays. Mid-tier A10 caliber guys who would rather be on the roster at a big school instead of getting 20mpg in a lesser league? I think I remember Duke taking some kids in the 200s-300s for this very reason
 
CTFAN4LIFE said:
Or, they view Ball as a depth piece, or they know they're going to remain committed to the 4-out style of play and need tons of guards, or they view Castle as more of a combo guard, or or or....
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You don't find the timing a little curious? We haven't been recruiting any other 2023 guards since Castle committed, then reclass rumors start flying around and now all of a sudden we have a 2023 guard on campus. On its own I agree it wouldn't mean much, but coupled with everything else there's just way too much smoke for there to be no fire.
 
Rico444 said:
You don't find the timing a little curious? We haven't been recruiting any other 2023 guards since Castle committed, then reclass rumors start flying around and now all of a sudden we have a 2023 guard on campus. On its own I agree it wouldn't mean much, but coupled with everything else there's just way too much smoke for there to be no fire.
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Honestly, not at all. We just finished up the meat of the 2022 class and it was an open recruiting period that was about to close. We currently have 2 guards on the 2023 roster with Castle, we were gonna be making a ton of offers to guards regardless of what Castle decides
 
businesslawyer said:
Players go in looking for their perfect situation — the best team possible at which they know they will play. As summer wears on, fear will start to set in and many will realize they are not getting that perfect opportunity and have to place themselves somewhere so they can continue having a scholarship and being on a team. And at that point, teams like us will fill the back of their roster, even if it’s with lower D-1 level players who you don’t anticipate having a real impact. (Not that will stop many from blaming Hurley for bringing in players who can’t help us.)
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Even as a casual fan I can imagine the coaches must feel like they are in a toy store in which, although they are unlikely to get a shiny remote control fire engine, they still could get the dump truck with the back that can lift to unload sand you put in.

I think some posters are equating the current situation with what we went through with KO. IIRC KO’s players left after most of the decent available grad transfers or high school seniors were taken. There was really no transfer portal. Hurley and company have four draft picks available for rounds 6-20 in which they can get best available for depth.
 
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